He's a huge talent, and so far I've been very impressed with him. After spending 13 years in Detroit, it's going to take him awhile to get used to what we do, and for us to get used to what he does. We're not trying to change him, but we want him to play within the scheme we play. He's very explosive, very talented and seems very conscientious. He's more in the monitoring stage of observing what we're doing, but once he catches on a little more, then he'll be at the front.
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Ted Striker It was a rough place - the seediest dive on the wharf. Populated with every reject and cutthroat from Bombay to Calcutta. It's worse than Detroit.
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We've always had a hard time defending him because he's a skill guy -- not only as a low-post scorer, but he's a good passer and he shoots it very well from 15-17 feet. And with the loss of Aaron Williams and Alonzo Mourning [because of the Vince Carter trade], we thought we needed some size. He helped Detroit, especially against the Lakers in the finals.
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Socialism is Bolshevism with a shave.
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I don't believe in figuring who's the underdog. I just know that the team that gets the best record gets home-field advantage through the playoffs and then if you win that, you go to Detroit. ... We look at it as we simply play the Steelers and the winner is the best team in the world.
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Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points, they almost always win.
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Good tunes are good tunes, be it rock, disco, or polka.
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But it's going to be a tough game at Denver. We're not looking at Detroit, we're looking at Denver.
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Detroit turned out to be heaven, but it also turned out to be hell.
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